Nullification strategies ignore basic American principle

12:12 PM,
May 6, 2013

Written by

Sid Salter

Now that the dust has settled on the 2013 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature and reauthorization of the Medicaid program remains the only substantial unfinished business, let's revisit the attempt by Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith to convince their legislative colleagues to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws.

Calling their legislation the "Mississippi Balance of Powers Act," Chism and Smith said they filed the bill in response to President Obama's health care overhaul and over concerns about additional federal ...